Hello, I'm Ian, and I live at the Darvell community in East Sussex, UK. I work most days, and occasionally read books. I have a strong aversion to most professional sports. Ditto boiled eggs. I am married to Olivia, and we have four sons.
But thinking of the faith and conviction of Blumhardt made me think of the new big thing for woke Christians: giving up plastic for Lent. There is a school of thought prevalent in Christian circles that if we all work hard to be nicer, then...
The fact is that at some point and on some level we will all go through suffering. The big lie of our time is the one that says you can do anything, be anything, you are who you want to be, live the dream. And actually we can’t. Sometimes things...
Some think that the primary purpose of our community is to be self-sufficient and live off the land, or that it’s an extreme attempt to be eco-friendly (horrible thought). Others see us walking around the countryside or riding in the horse-drawn...
Since I started blogging about the start of our community in Camden, I’ve had a number of people get back to me with questions: Did we find a way to become a united community? How did things develop with the neighborhood, on the job site? How does...
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